Circle C Ranch Academy

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  Has been a great fit for our kid-she has been there for VPK ,summer camp and KG aftercare.I usually have to drag her home as she loves being there. It has a natural relaxed environment ,acres of oak shaded play areas ,horses, ducks goats etc.She loves the freedom and the care by the staff.I have found the staff very responsive.I love their open air stage -Christmas programs under the stars and their outdoor graduation ceremony.
  By moitreyee reddy, March 28, 2018
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  My daughter attended this school from the ones through VPK, and it was a great place for a kid to attend until that last year when they replaced the director. Three major issues arose: Payments: All of a sudden, there were problems with our balance. They continually showed that we owed hundreds of dollars for prior months. When probing which months, there was no way for them to tell us. I was literally handed 5 months of printouts of our payments and the tuition as "proof". I had to manually re-enter these into Excel and balance their account for my child for them. In the end, we owed $25 for an annual supply fee that we missed in the 4th of those 5 months. All of the other discrepancies were a result of them either charging the incorrect rate (We had two children, which carries a 10% for the 2nd child and they didn't apply the discount), or neglecting to waive the charges for when my kids were on vacation (2 weeks allowed per calendar year). It took me a couple of hours to do their job for them. I NEVER had these problems in previous years. Summer Camp: In the previous 4 years my child was there, summer camp enrollment was a breeze. Kids who already attended got priority for enrollment. Without ANY notice, we had to pay a reservation fee in order to secure a spot for our kid. Things change and I honestly have no issue with that. However, there was zero communication until we show up for summer to find out she was never enrolled. By then, there was nowhere else to place our children. The parental nightmare/final straw: While in VPK, my daughter told us about an incident on the play ground/field where 2 boys were lifting up her skirt and trying to look at her privates. They're five and maybe just being curious kids and ultimately didn't cause any harm so I inform the director. She has the teacher be more on the lookout for this behavior, but it happens again. Now they tried to touch her privates, so things are escalating quickly. I speak to the director again and she says that these 2 boys are notoriously misbehaved and that we're not the first parents to complain. She plans on completely separating them from my daughter and have them on a different playground completely so there's no chance of this happening again. I like this solution, so I'm relieved. Well, what happened next shocked me. The director and a woman named Ruth (not sure her role) called a meeting in with me and wife to discuss the situation. During this time, Ruth questioned what's happening at home with our daughter. She shared that she was molested as a child and that usually these things originate from home. Yes, she's implying and continues to do so until it's a flat out accusation that my daughter must be getting molested at home. Now my instinct here was to flip out. MY child is not the one who's attempting to touch other kid's privates. MY child has never exhibited any behaviors to even remotely indicate any such trauma. She's clearly projecting her own childhood issues onto my daughter and refusing to acknowledge that my child is the victim here. Keep in mind that she has a legal obligation to report any suspicions to the county and I know this in the moment. This is my nightmare. Child Services interviewing my child and, what, asking my child if anyone at home ever touches her? My kid says yes because of bath time and all of a sudden my life falls apart? This is what's going through my head and it paralyzes me. I stay calm and simply reply that there's no way this is happening at home and do my best to get through that conversation. We immediately pulled both our children out of this school. In a way, it made me just as upset that she didn't report the issue to the county. She sat there and accused us of having some family member molesting our daughter and didn't report it? I can't tell which is worse, her falsely accusing us or failing to due her duty to report her suspicions. It's really sad because the teachers there are phenomenal. My daughter still remembers and loves those teachers and I wish them well.
  By LBO, August 12, 2017

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